Blow my Bulb
End of
experiments 1 to 14, #15 running
Experiment #14 over: details here
Summary
and
history of
past experiments
Paper
by F.Massen, J. Mootz , C. Baumann on power factor
Paper by F. Massen on emitted UV radiation
does a CFL live so much longer than the old incandescent bulb and do CFL's live up to their specifications?
A CFL and
incandescent bulb or two CFL's are driven in parallel and switched on/off every
minute. The counters show the number of on/off switchings. Which of the 2
lamps will die first?
Experiment 15 compares 2 CFL's
Bulb Fiction, the movie:
with OSRAM
Dulux Intelligent Longlife
and OSRAM Duluxstar
rated at 500000 (!) and 20000 switching withstand!
started 27Jul11 12:15 UTC
if you are inside LCD: click
here
vote: which lamp blows first?
need explanation? click here and here!
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picture: http://www.ipsna.com/ph_ka_htmls/bulb.html the SAVE my BULB team